RT America -- September 02, 2016

Published time: 3 Sep, 2016 01:33

Dozens arrested in Dakota Access Pipeline protestsOver 100 protesters stood in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe protesting the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Iowa. Protesters formed a human chain blocking entrances to the construction site which lead to 30 arrests. RT America’s Manuel Rapalo has the report.

US may turn back on YPG Kurds on Turkey-Syria borderClashes between the Turks and Kurds intensified last week, after Turkey began a large-scale military operation against Islamic State in the Syrian border town of Jarabulus. Recently, the US stated that a ceasefire exists between Turkey and the Kurds – something Ankara denies. RT correspondent Gayane Chichakyan has the story. Then, former Pentagon official Michael Maloof joins RT America’s Manila Chan. He says “the US ultimately will probably ... [ally itself] with Turkey.”